teacher of talented and gifted students
Teachers of talented and gifted students teach students who have strong skills in one or more areas. They monitor the students’ progress, suggest extra activities to stretch and stimulate their skills, introduce them to new topics and subjects, assign homework and grade papers and tests, and finally they provide emotional support when needed. Teachers working with talented and gifted students know how to foster their interest and make them comfortable with their intelligence.
teacher of talented and gifted students teachers of talented and gifted students teach students who have strong skills in one or more areas. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.47 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include counselling methods, learning needs analysis, assessment processes, learning difficulties, learning technologies.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £47,432 a year for Special needs education teaching professionals (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £36,845 to £52,484 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2316). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only teacher of talented and gifted students, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does teacher of talented and gifted students do?
Teachers of talented and gifted students teach students who have strong skills in one or more areas. They monitor the students’ progress, suggest extra activities to stretch and stimulate their skills, introduce them to new topics and subjects, assign homework and grade papers and tests, and finally they provide emotional support when needed. Teachers working with talented and gifted students know how to foster their interest and make them comfortable with their intelligence.
What skills does teacher of talented and gifted students need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include counselling methods, learning needs analysis, assessment processes, learning difficulties, learning technologies, instructional strategies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace teacher of talented and gifted students?
Our AI-durability model gives teacher of talented and gifted students a score of 0.47 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.